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Posts tagged with 'Sony' at MetaFilter.Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:33:29 -0800Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:33:29 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60"...my dad found it in a box of 'junk' he was supposed to throw out"http://www.metafilter.com/150938/my%2Ddad%2Dfound%2Dit%2Din%2Da%2Dbox%2Dof%2Djunk%2Dhe%2Dwas%2Dsupposed%2Dto%2Dthrow%2Dout
A prototype of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES-CD">Nintendo Playstation/SNES-CD</a> may have been located. <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Ll9kS">Photos are here</a>. The <a href="http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/nintendo-snes-playstation-finally-uncovered.57166/">ongoing forum thread is here</a> and there is a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3bwyj0/it_took_forever_but_i_finally_got_some_pics_of_my/">reddit discussion as well</a> but it in a private group. But a question remains: <a href="https://twitter.com/VaduAmka/status/616974748438953984">Is this all a hoax?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150938Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:33:29 -0800griphusThe Inanimate and the Animate are not separated in this worldhttp://www.metafilter.com/150612/The%2DInanimate%2Dand%2Dthe%2DAnimate%2Dare%2Dnot%2Dsegregated%2Din%2Dthis%2Dworld
<a href="http://gizmodo.com/sonys-robotic-dogs-are-dying-a-slow-and-heartbreaking-d-1712160637">The family dog is going to die.</a> From 1999 through 2006 Sony produced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO">Aibo</a>, a robotic dog which while not a true artificial intelligence was artfully crafted to inspire feelings of love and affection in its human owners. Sony stopped producing Aibo in 2006 (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/48614/Sony-Pulls-the-Plug-on-AIBO">previously</a>) but kept up a repair service until last year. Now that parts are getting scarce and Sony isn't fixing them any more, Aibo owners are dealing with new feelings for their robotic pals -- grief and loss. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150612Sat, 20 Jun 2015 18:02:49 -0800Bringer TomNo wood in the wood stockhttp://www.metafilter.com/149941/No%2Dwood%2Din%2Dthe%2Dwood%2Dstock
Sony's 2011 contract with Spotify has <a href="http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2015/05/22/fk-it-heres-the-entire-spotifysony-music-contract">leaked</a>. <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/19/8621581/sony-music-spotify-contract">The Verge's calculations have Sony making a pretty sizable sum off the deal, without much of it trickling down to artists</a>. Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/business/media/sony-terms-with-spotify-uncovered-in-contract.html?_r=0">Sony has begun pulling all of its artists' music from Soundcloud.
</a> <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/206046-unveiled-deal-between-spotify-sony-shows-where-the-revenue-flows-and-how-pinched-the-streaming-services-are">More</a> reactions and analysis from <a href="http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6575666/artist-managers-call-out-sony-following-spotify">Billboard</a>, <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leaked-sony-spotify-contract-reveals-inner-workings-of-streaming-music-20150521">Rolling Stone</a>, <a href="http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/05/international-artists-assocreacts-to-leaked-sony-spotify-contract-full-text-of-letter-to-regulators.html">the International Artist Association</a> and <a href="http://thetrichordist.com/2015/05/19/verge-leak-shows-how-sony-let-spotify-get-off-cheap/">Dave Lowery</a>, who thinks<a href="http://thetrichordist.com/2015/05/20/did-spotify-leak-their-own-contract-with-sony/"> Spotify leaked this to the Verge to combat the idea that they are cheating artists.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.149941Tue, 26 May 2015 15:21:54 -0800Potomac AvenueThe game has attached itself to your reflexes on a molecular level.http://www.metafilter.com/148734/The%2Dgame%2Dhas%2Dattached%2Ditself%2Dto%2Dyour%2Dreflexes%2Don%2Da%2Dmolecular%2Dlevel
The brainchild of Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team at From Software, the <i>Souls</i> games have gained a rabid cult following over the past few years. The newest spiritual successor <i><a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/bloodborne-ps4/">Bloodborne</a></i> (trailer <a href="https://youtu.be/PmnGHp-NXuk">1</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/2Crk_GpxGQE">2</a>) has been out for a couple weeks now, and it's received stellar reviews across the board. It might very well be the best in the series, reconfiguring the dense gameplay in surprising ways and offering up an intricately-realized Victorian gothic world. Tim Rogers has written a lengthy, articulate, spoiler-free (in a narrative sense) analysis of <i>Bloodborne's</i> design - <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/240839/Bloodborne_You_are_the_experience_points.php">You Are the Experience Points</a>. YouTube user <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EpicNameBro/featured">EpicNameBro</a> is generally considered to be an authority on all things <i>Souls</i>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQDWoXFQ-YLqnVUES5NZmzh8sQ3VrOnnP">watching his Bloodborne Let's Play videos</a> gives a good sense of what this stuff is all about. My personal favorite is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/VaatiVidya">VaatiVidya</a>, who specializes in discussing the arcane, deep <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/VaatiVidya/playlists">lore</a>. Note that if you do plan to pick the game up, it's probably best to experience with as little knowledge of what you're going into as possible. Even for those who have finished the game, though, there might still be <a href="http://kotaku.com/the-mystery-of-bloodbornes-beast-mode-1696538953">secrets no one has figured out yet</a> (spoilers). <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/darksouls">Previously</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/demonssouls">previously</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148734Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:48:55 -0800najuwell-written instruction manual & large, folded color map http://www.metafilter.com/147828/well%2Dwritten%2Dinstruction%2Dmanual%2Dand%2Dlarge%2Dfolded%2Dcolor%2Dmap%2D
"Some games make an enormous impact on you when you play them, and time and technology do little to diminish that impact. I feel that way about quite a few games: <i>Elite</i>, <i>Super Mario Bros</i>, and <i>The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</i> are three that immediately come to mind. <a href="http://angriest.blogspot.com/2011/01/secret-of-mana-1993.html"><i>Secret of Mana</i> is without question a fourth.</a>" A discussion of the pros and cons of <i>Secret of Mana</i> at <i>Pixels or Death</i>: <a href="http://pixelsordeath.com/uncategorized/rpg-club-plays-secret-mana-dangerous-go-alone">RPG Club Plays Secret of Mana: It's Dangerous to Go Alone</a>. Snippet: "<i>Secret of Mana</i> has... the nineties. In their most intense, cliched form. Which sounds appealing–I love the nineties!–until I remember I like the things that twisted the prevailing aesthetic, not the ones that used it whole-hog."
Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/147349/A-grown-ass-man-replays-Final-Fantasy-VII">A grown-ass man replays Final Fantasy VII</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.147828Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:11:44 -0800joseph conrad is fully awesomePink Slimer for girls, blue Slimer for boys...http://www.metafilter.com/147798/Pink%2DSlimer%2Dfor%2Dgirls%2Dblue%2DSlimer%2Dfor%2Dboys
<a href="http://thedissolve.com/news/5029-dueling-ghostbusters/">Sony just gave Ghostbusters a big, familiar gender problem</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.147798Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:43:15 -0800ArtwSpider-Man comes homehttp://www.metafilter.com/146894/Spider%2DMan%2Dcomes%2Dhome
Spider-Man is Marvel's marquee character, but due to licensing agreements has long been the subject of films produced by Sony Pictures and could not be featured in films produced by Marvel Studios.
<a href="http://marvel.com/news/movies/24062/sony_pictures_entertainment_brings_marvel_studios_into_the_amazing_world_of_spider-man">Until today.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146894Mon, 09 Feb 2015 20:53:28 -0800thecjmRedditor does the research behind the Sony Pictures hacking scandal.http://www.metafilter.com/145524/Redditor%2Ddoes%2Dthe%2Dresearch%2Dbehind%2Dthe%2DSony%2DPictures%2Dhacking%2Dscandal
Redditor <a href="http://np.reddit.com/user/CSMastermind">CSMastermind</a> composes an <a href="http://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2puo8h/bittorrent_offers_distribute_sonys_the_interview/cn0ksh7">epic timeline</a> of the Sony information breach. Well sourced, and in laymans terms. <em>"George Clooney is apparently the only person working with or for Sony that understand information security"</em> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145524Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:55:00 -0800butterstick"...we are in the realm of beyond stupid with this."http://www.metafilter.com/145444/we%2Dare%2Din%2Dthe%2Drealm%2Dof%2Dbeyond%2Dstupid%2Dwith%2Dthis
<em>"Now we get to the part that moves from jokes and silliness to serious, which is: This is not just now a case study in how not to react to cyber threats and a case study in how to not defend your networks, it's now also a case study in how not to respond to terrorism threats."</em> <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/reaction-to-the-sony-hack-is-beyond-the-realm-of-stupid"> Cybersecurity expert Peter W. Singer discusses the Sony's reaction to the "Guardians of Peace" hack</a>. Also providing some context; Bruce Schneier -
<em><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/bruce-schneier-sony-hackers-completely-owned-this-company">"It's really a phenomenally awesome hack—they completely owned this company,</a> ... But, I think this is just a regular hack. All the talk, it's hyperbole and a joke. They're [threatening violence] because it's fun for them—why the hell not? They're doing it because they actually hit Sony, because they're acting like they're 12, they're doing it for the lulz, no one knows why.</em>"</em> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145444Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:05:14 -0800quin"The masturbatory call is a wank I have no time for"http://www.metafilter.com/145232/The%2Dmasturbatory%2Dcall%2Dis%2Da%2Dwank%2DI%2Dhave%2Dno%2Dtime%2Dfor
The upside of the recent <a href="http://thehackernews.com/2014/12/sony-pictures-scarier-hack-hackers-leak.html">Sony</a> <a href="http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-execs-confirms-authenticity-of-leaked-documents-in-memo-to-staff-1201369383/"> hack</a> is that we get to learn about <a href="http://defamer.gawker.com/leaked-the-nightmare-email-drama-behind-sonys-steve-jo-1668882936">how the Steve Jobs movie isn't getting made</a> <a href="https://variety.com/2014/film/news/leaked-sony-emails-reveal-nasty-exchanges-and-insults-1201375511/"><sup>1</sup></a> <small>("You better shut Angie down before she makes it very hard for David (Fincher) to do <i>Jobs</i>")</small>, <a href="http://defamer.gawker.com/sony-leak-studio-exec-calls-kevin-hart-a-greedy-whore-1669403407/+laceydonohue">how Kevin Hart would like to be paid extra for his social media savvy</a> <small>("I'm not saying he's a whore, but he's a whore.")</small> or how <a href="http://gawker.com/the-saddest-email-paul-reiser-wants-more-mad-about-you-1668769519">Paul Reiser would please like more "Mad About You" on dvd</a>, and even <a href="http://fusion.net/story/32623/sony-pictures-hack-exposes-hollywood-celebrities-secret-aliases/">what aliases some celebrities use</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145232Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:33:45 -0800FreezBoyMayokero by Roy Kafrihttp://www.metafilter.com/143756/Mayokero%2Dby%2DRoy%2DKafri
In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR4QKAib3sM">this amazing new music video</a>, a bevy of music legends performs a human beat box ditty a-capella. It's part fun game of "recognize that album cover", and part heart-wrenching story of a man with great taste in music but awful taste in consumer electronics. And all in just over two minutes. (SLYT) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143756Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:03:17 -0800Silky SlimSERVER SMASHhttp://www.metafilter.com/140060/SERVER%2DSMASH
Waterson and Mattherson, the only two US east coast servers for the <a href="https://www.planetside2.com/home">MMOFPS Planetside 2</a>, are merging this month. On hearing the news, players from each server began talking smack, smack that quickly escalated to a call for a Server Smash, a 240 vs 240 campaign lasting 2 hours on one of the Planetside continents, to decide the surviving server name. The devs <a href="http://imgur.com/m1bjAgI">responded</a>.
The MergerSmash will begin June 20th, tomorrow night, at 8:00 pm, EDT. In addition to the main <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/inicast">Server Smash</a> stream there will be <a href="http://twitch.tv/pronam">several</a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/velcrokiller">individuals</a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/starwind_87">streaming</a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/hokierange"> their</a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/rxzerounicorn">deployments and</a> </a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/vertago">positions</a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/gunslinger115">in one of the many</a> platoons present and fighting for the Waterson name (and the individual streams may not be work safe). <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kxt5wGegNNGjHc7m_3sy5ThWehtLIvXiku-OqHPqD4A/edit?pli=1">Complete details of the event were released last week</a> with several very contentious meetings taking place. Some people on both <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/WatersonPS2/comments/28gpil/phx_in_serversmash/">Waterson</a> and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/28c8g4/why_naming_matthersonwaterson_over_a_server_smash/ci9iydz">Mattherson</a> attempted to limit attendance to only the best guilds (outfits) each server had for what was ostensibly a community event and certainly for an event that would decide the name for all players, not just the most skilled. The drama was dealt with, each server assembled their (inclusive) roster, and are still scrambling to make last minute preparations happen in game.
The general mood is one of apprehension and extreme hype.
Have no idea what Planetside 2 is? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41QFL4QB3NE">Well, this completely-lacking-in-game-play trailer SOE put together sure isn't going to tell you</a>, cool as it might be. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2EnzN5DxD4Or">This collection of player perspectives offers a much better idea of what goes on in game.</a>
<a href="http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/ps/Lore">Background wise</a>, the game is set on a planet far from earth, with the exiles from this wonderful blue marble split into three factions and fighting a war on primarily ideological grounds. In game the combined force of air, armor, and infantry push to capture <a href="http://ps2maps.com/">one of three</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0hV5k6t3Y">soon to be four</a>) continents in game. The eventual goal is to the opposing factions out of each continent. <a href="http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/30/planetside-2-soe-details-its-3-year-plan-wants-to-run-until-2025-if-possible/">The end goal, for the devs at least, is for eternal war.</a>
Enjoy air combat? The three <a href="http://i.imgur.com/gCGes.jpg">empire</a> <a href="http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/6349/mosquito3.png">specific</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcgamer.com%2F2012%2F12%2F03%2Fhow-to-equip-air-fighters-planetside-2-reaver-mosquito-scythe%2F&h=0&w=0&tbnid=_MyEgflyz1VPaM&zoom=1&tbnh=167&tbnw=301&docid=BwCV3D007oBAaM&tbm=isch&ei=mJOjU5mOAsuHyAT6wIDgCg&ved=0CAgQsCUoAg">fighters</a> join the common pool <a href="http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130530155932/planetside2/images/3/38/Liberator_PlanetSide_Decal.jpg">Liberator</a> gunship and the <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetside-universe.com%2Fnews-twitter-chat-and-nanite-systems-galaxy-2659.htm&h=0&w=0&tbnid=X4nnprYhC38EcM&zoom=1&tbnh=167&tbnw=301&docid=QHJa70Fz356FcM&tbm=isch&ei=AJSjU4u3HY6zyAS3k4EY&ved=0CAsQsCUoAw">Galaxy troop transport</a> in the current roster of air vehicles available. Soon to arrive: <a href="http://cdn.pcgamesn.com/sites/default/files/valkyrie%20alskdn.png">the Valkyrie light gunship.</a>
Tanker? Three <a href="https://assets-cdn.soe.com/uploads/dcsclient/000/000/009/028.jpg?v=0.0">empire</a> <a href="http://www.planetside2forum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=102&d=1334849789">specific</a> <a href="https://assets-cdn.soe.com/uploads/dcsclient/000/000/010/642.jpg?v=0.0">main</a> battle tanks, <a href="http://www.gamersdailynews.com/images/screenshots/20120427_PC%20Online_PS2_Lightning_Screen_(5).jpg">a light utility tank</a>, <a href="http://aoudevcommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/planetside-2-sundy-bull-hood-3.jpg">a gun bus</a>, <a href="http://i.imgur.com/MChNVY8.jpg">an armored buggy</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNJf9xXhuo">and a cloakable ATV (UT sound effects not included)</a> round out the current options with a <a href="http://i.imgur.com/SgotnQE.png">universal heavy tank</a> to arrive sometime this summer.
<a href="http://planetside.wikia.com/wiki/Infiltrator">A member of the Poor Bloody Infantry?</a> Five main classes and a deployable armored suit are available to all with empire specific and shared weaponry for each class.
Do you like hats? You might not want to play this game. This game has many hats and hat-like cosmetics. Many hats that are mostly $10 a piece. You have been forewarned.
Do you like free? This game is also completely free. You can pay for a monthly membership for a 50% XP gain boost (amongst other things) but the game does a <em>very</em> good job of avoiding the pay-to-win pitfall. The starter Sovereignty light machine gun is considered the best in the game, as an example.
Do you like helping hands? Maybe wait for a week. There is currently no way to select an outfit or platoon based on how friendly to new players it is, though that will change next Friday.
What are we, the players, expecting in the next few years? <a href="http://ukitakumuki.deviantart.com/art/PLANETSIDE-2-Pre-Viz-BASTION-FLEET-CARRIER-340427943">Big things.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140060Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:22:06 -0800Slackermagee"They write the lies but I tell the truth"http://www.metafilter.com/139832/They%2Dwrite%2Dthe%2Dlies%2Dbut%2DI%2Dtell%2Dthe%2Dtruth
I have no idea how much of this is staged vs actually going off script, but either way <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngf6hMWSmFA">Tom Hanks at CES 2009</a> is pretty entertaining. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139832Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:41:09 -0800kmzThere are those who said this day would never come...http://www.metafilter.com/139801/There%2Dare%2Dthose%2Dwho%2Dsaid%2Dthis%2Dday%2Dwould%2Dnever%2Dcome
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/128286/And-then-there-was-One">A year ago</a>, Microsoft was crucified in the press for <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/06/11/playstation-4s-price-and-policies-humiliate-microsofts-xbox-one-at-e3/">the PR fiasco of the Xbox One</a>, with rival Sony winning <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ-To7WJyWs">thunderous applause</a> for its PS4 by simply <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA">maintaining the status quo</a>.
But after <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/194649/Microsoft_pulls_big_180_with_Xbox_One_DRM_policy_reversal.php">doing a <s>360</s> 180 on its hated policies</a>, Redmond is attempting to close the gap with the most valuable package deal since <em><a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/10/the-orange-box-review-2">The Orange Box</a></em>.
A remarkable feat of engineering, <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/e3-2014-halo-the-master-chief-collection-halo-5-beta-announced-for-xbox-one"><i>Halo: The Master Chief Collection</i></a> will feature on a single disc the <a href="http://imgur.com/a/Y8h6w">complete HD-remastered campaigns</a> of Halos 1-4 alongside <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/9/5793642/halo-nightfall-digital-series-coming-to-xbox-from-producer-ridley-scott">Ridley Scott's <em>Nightfall</em></a>, the <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-halo-5-guardians-beta-starts-in-december/1100-6420221/">Halo 5 beta</a>, and the holy grail of Xbox gaming: <a href="http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Multiplayer_Maps">every last one of the series' 100+ multiplayer maps</a> in a <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-why-the-halo-master-chief-collection-puts-other-greatest-hits-compilations-to-shame/1100-6420217/">single unified matchmaking system incorporating the original engines, gameplay mechanics, and idiosyncrasies of each</a>.
Ten years after Halo 2 (and four years after MS <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/last-halo-2-player-finally-leaves-xbox-live/">shut the taps</a>), <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/the-real-reason-halo-the-master-chief-collection-exists">IGN suspects a plan by 343 to rekindle</a> (and <a href="http://archive.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/15-09/ff_halo?currentPage=all">data-mine</a>) Bungie's magic for an uncertain Halo 5, while <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-09-why-online-shooting-peaked-with-bungies-decade-old-halo-2">Eurogamer welcomes the return of what it calls online FPS's peak</a>. <small>[More reaction: <a href="http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=833898">NeoGAF</a> - <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/06/master-chief-collection-remasters-first-four-halo-games-for-xbox-one-embargoed/?comments=1">Ars Technica</a> - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/27pmsb/halo_the_master_chief_edition_halo_14_confirmed/">Reddit</a>]</small>
Bungie, meanwhile, stood with Sony to <a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2014/06/09/e3-sony-touts-destiny-playstation-lineup/">showcase its upcoming <em>Destiny</em></a>, the <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2023791696_briercolumn09xml.html">vaunted space epic</a> that will <a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5795214/destiny-beta-release-date-alpha-ps3-ps4">beta this summer</a> before facing its revamped forerunners later this year. More E3 coverage: <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/e3-2014-microsoft-is-all-about-the-games">Microsoft</a> (<a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5795214/destiny-beta-release-date-alpha-ps3-ps4#ooid=p4M2M4bjqTbSUoIOuLx0FJrYI1d4BWuC">5min</a>) - <a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2014/06/09/e3-sony-touts-destiny-playstation-lineup/">Sony</a> (<a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5795214/destiny-beta-release-date-alpha-ps3-ps4#ooid=ttamg4bjrgV2CoVJKdNN1vKqscw1fhc0">5min</a>) - <a href="http://e3.nintendo.com/">Nintendo</a> <small>(airing noon EST) - <a href="http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/e3-2014-star-wars-battlefront-3-video-hypes-emotion-not-gameplay/">SW: Battlefront</a> - <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/09/assassins-creed-unity/">AC: Unity</a> - <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/metal-gear-solid-5-the-phantom-pain-e3-trailers-majesty-10332862/">MGS5: The Phantom Pain</a> - <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/e3-2014-evolveas-kraken-is-a-flying-cthulu-wizard">Evolve</a> - <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/9/5795736/no-mans-sky-trailer-e3-2014">No Man's Sky</a> - <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-sony-shows-a-spookier-side-to-the-order-1886/1100-6420286/">The Order: 1886</a> - <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/9/5793584/sunset-overdrive-hits-xbox-one-oct-28-with-8-player-chaos-mode">Sunset Overdrive</a> - <a href="http://www.incgamers.com/2014/06/grim-fandango-remake-announced-but-not-for-pc-yet">Grim Fandango</a> - <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-bloodborne-is-coming-to-ps4-straight-from-the-minds-of-dark-souls/1100-6420276/">Bloodborne</a> - <a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5795624/batman-arkham-knight-trailer-teases-scarecrow-batmobile-driving">Arkham Knight</a> - <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/09/e3-2014-platinum-games-next-game-is-scalebound">Scalebound</a> - <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-mortal-kombat-x-s-gruesome-display-at-the-sony-press-conference/1100-6420297/">Mortal Kombat X</a> - <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/9/5793500/the-division-new-gameplay-microsoft-e3-press-breifing">The Division</a> - <a href="http://kotaku.com/rejoice-littlebigplanet-3-is-coming-1588408610">LittleBigPlanet 3</a> - <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/9/5793998/inside-playdead-xbox-one-e3-2014">Inside</a> - <a href="http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5795162/uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end-ps4-2014">Uncharted 4</a> - <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/09/crackdown-returns-as-xbox-one-exclusive/">Crackdown</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139801Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:20:16 -0800RhaomiALL the Pornhttp://www.metafilter.com/138860/ALL%2Dthe%2DPorn
<a href="http://gizmodo.com/sony-crams-3-700-blu-rays-worth-of-storage-in-a-single-1571508568">Sony just announced that cassette technology might be the future! With a device that can hold 185 <em>terabytes</em> on one tape</a>. (that's three bluray discs worth of data per square inch.) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.138860Mon, 05 May 2014 16:05:25 -0800quinThe 2014 Sony World Photography Awardshttp://www.metafilter.com/136382/The%2D2014%2DSony%2DWorld%2DPhotography%2DAwards
The Sony World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, has recently announced its <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/02/the-2014-sony-world-photography-awards/100674/">shortlist of winners.</a> This year's contest attracted more than 140,000 entries from 166 countries. The organizers have been kind enough to share some of their shortlisted images with In Focus, gathered below. Winners are scheduled to be announced in March and April. All captions below come from the photographers. [33 photos] tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.136382Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:36:07 -0800JujuBTouch my updo, I'll skype youhttp://www.metafilter.com/134253/Touch%2Dmy%2Dupdo%2DIll%2Dskype%2Dyou
12. Wearable computing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a laser pointer that is arranged in or on the wig.
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<a href="http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20130311132&OS=20130311132&RS=20130311132">Sony has filed a patent application for the world's first (?) Smart Wig.</a> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-26/sony-seeks-smartwig-patent-for-hairpieces-with-camera-sensors.html">Bloomberg</a> has more details, including the revelation that three prototypes - the Presentation, Navigation and Sensing Wigs - exist, and that the computerised hairpiece might prove "very difficult for Sony to commercialize".<br><br><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2013/nov/27/sony-smart-wig-google-glass">The Guardian</a> asks the important questions. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.134253Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:55:37 -0800emmteeSmartphone Wars Go Nuclearhttp://www.metafilter.com/133430/Smartphone%2DWars%2DGo%2DNuclear
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-google-rockstar-lawsuit-idUSBRE99U1EN20131031">It begins.</a> A consortium of mobile phone makers including Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson and Sony have launched a barrage of patent suits against Google and major Android handset makers such as Samsung, Huawei and HTC. Unlike previous patent suits from the major shareholders, these suits are on the rocket docket of Eastern Texas. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.133430Fri, 01 Nov 2013 07:04:30 -0800TalezThe jury's in... and they can't deny that view, either.http://www.metafilter.com/129982/The%2Djurys%2Din%2Dand%2Dthey%2Dcant%2Ddeny%2Dthat%2Dview%2Deither
A month after its release, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/NaughtyDog?from=Main.NaughtyDog">Naughty Dog</a>'s sweeping interactive epic <i><strong>The Last of Us</strong></i> is being hailed as <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/all?view=condensed&sort=desc">one of the best games of all time</a>, with perfect scores even from <a href="http://www.futureplc.com/2013/06/05/edge-awards-the-last-of-us-1010/">notoriously demanding critics</a>.
Inspired by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8">an eerily beautiful segment from the BBC's <i>Planet Earth</i></a>, the game portrays an America twenty years after a pandemic of the zombiefying <i><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/07/28/respect-for-the-fungus-overlords/">Cordyceps</a></i> fungus</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/83723/The-Fungus-Overlords#2674917">previously</a>), leaving behind <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/02/17/nature-s-ruinous-revenge-the-environments-of-the-last-of-us.aspx">lush wastelands</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_decay">elegant decay</a> teeming with <a href="http://thelastofus.wikia.com/wiki/The_Infected">monsters</a> and beset by vicious bandits, a brutal military, and the revolutionary Fireflies.
Into this <a href="http://raygunbrown.com/necessary-roughness-the-violence-of-the-last-of-us/2013/6/23/necessary-roughness-the-violence-of-the-last-of-us">bleak vision of desperate violence</a> journey Joel, a gruffly stoic Texan with a painful past, and his ward Ellie, a precocious teenager who may hold the key to mankind's future.
Boasting <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYkj0glnqs">tense, immersive gameplay</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jd_Pp1iG8Q">compelling performances</a> from a diverse cast, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwlqZWJEcM">movingly minimalist score</a> from Oscar-winning <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96273922">Gustavo Santaolalla</a>, and an array of influences from Alfonso Cuarón's <i>Children of Men</i> to Cormac McCarthy's <i>The Road</i>, it's already being slotted alongside <i>BioShock Infinite</i> and <i>Half-Life 2</i> as one of modern gaming's <a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/06/game-review-the-last-of-us-ps3">crowning achievements</a>. And while it's hard to disentangle plot from action, you don't have to buy a PS3 to experience it -- YouTube offers many filmic edits of the game, including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-SKmb_QBg">this three-hour version of all relevant passages</a>.
And don't miss <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLJn6yov6A">the 84-minute documentary</a> exploring every facet of its production. <b>More:</b>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwlqZWJEcM">The complete soundtrack on YouTube</a>, with links to segments in the description
<a href="http://magazine3k.com/comics/english/93670/the-last-of-us-american-dreams-01-of-04-2013.html">The Last of Us: American Dreams</a>, the official four-part prequel comic
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheLastOfUs">TVTropes analysis</a>
From the creator of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc15KgfNJsw">Everything BioShock Infinite Gets Wrong</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKzVwbs-lsg">Everything The Last of Us Gets Right</a>
<a href="http://culturemass.com/2013/06/19/the-last-of-us-moralizing-death-in-a-violent-medium/">Examining the moral issues raised by the ending</a> (MAJOR SPOILERS)
<a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-last-of-us-tech-analysis">A technical analysis from Eurogamer</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOlT-1yY4A">Vsauce explores the plausibility of a Cordyceps plague</a>
<a href="http://kotaku.com/famous-actor-sounds-upset-about-the-last-of-us-ellie-551365129">Did Ellie "rip off" Ellen Page's likeness?</a>
And <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/thelastofus/">The Last of Us subreddit</a> is full of fun memes, discussion, and debate (with spoiler topics courteously censored) tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.129982Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:56:25 -0800RhaomiCounting Roseshttp://www.metafilter.com/125398/Counting%2DRoses
<a href="http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/02/kenji-eno-obituary/">Iconclastic game designer Kenji Eno passed away last week.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Eno">Kenji Eno</a>, founder of highly idiosyncratic studio <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WARP_%28game_developer%29">WARP</a>, is most widely known for <a href="http://hardcoregaming101.net/warp/warp.htm"><em>D</em></a>, an interactive film/horror puzzle adventure game following a woman's pursuit of her homicidal father and subsequent unraveling of her own naturally unsettling lineage. The game featured at the time shocking content including cannibalism, something Eno pushed through by switching a slapped together "censored" version of the game with the original just before production.
Eno shortly had a falling out with Sony (during which he punched a Sony representative) <a href="http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2013/02/21/kenji-eno-dead-video-game-industry-significantly-less-awesome/">after a deal to produce 100,000 copies of Eno's Enemy Zero fell through to only 28,000</a>, and signed an exclusive contract with competitor Sega to produce games for their Saturn system.
During the production of <a href="http://hardcoregaming101.net/warp/warp2.htm"><em>Enemy Zero</em></a>, the now Saturn exclusive thematic followup to D, Eno caught wind of a visit by minimalist composer Michael Nyman to Japan. Being a fan of Nyman's work and needing a soundtrack for his game, <a href="http://www.1up.com/features/kenji-eno-breaks-silence?pager.offset=6">Eno allegedly harassed Nyman in his hotel room for six hours until Nyman finally caved and agreed to score the game</a>. Still not satisfied, Eno pushed Nyman until he'd produced <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENh_am7oLXE">a score</a> Eno found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcUGmgS0ts">personally acceptable</a>.
Eno's commitment to the Saturn is legendary. Promotion of Enemy Zero took the form of a limited run deluxe edition, delievered personally by Eno himself, packaged in a crate and containing stickers, t-shirts, condoms and <a href="http://magweasel.com/2009/12/10/greatest-special-edition-ever-goes-for-3400/">sundry other merchandise loot</a>. Following Enemy Zero, Eno serendipitously discovered that games were enjoyed by a number of visually-disabled persons, and set out to make a game in which the experience of a sighted and blind person are identical, managing a deal with Sega to donate 1,000 Saturns packaged with the game to blind persons. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Sound:_Kaze_no_Regret"><em>Real Sound: Kaze no Regret</em></a> (Wind of Regret) follows the separation and reunion of two lovers over the course of several years, and mechanically takes the form of an interactive radio play.
A sequel to D had originally been planned for Panasonic's ill-fated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic_M2">M2 console</a>. This version of the game had intended to be a Zeldalike adventure following the original protagonist's son as he explores a Transylvanian castle and bonds with his sinister father. A number of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XHD6vY9_0I">videos</a> and <a href="http://hardcoregaming101.net/warp/warp2.htm">screenshots</a> detailing early footage have surfaced.
An <a href="http://hardcoregaming101.net/warp/warp3.htm">actual sequel</a> materialized some time later for Sega's Dreamcast. Following another version of "digital actress" Laura (the shared protagonist of D and Enemy Zero) after a plane crash in northern Canada, this version takes the form of a light RPG with strong a horror/science fiction influence and wilderness survival elements. The plot is difficult to summarize, Dickian and deeply strange--angels, evolution, impending apocalypse, addiction, reality-warping drugs, God, doppelgangers and simulacra, sentient plants--and climaxes in <a href="http://www.1up.com/features/kenji-eno-breaks-silence?pager.offset=7">one of the most</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyQzkJEwMA">memorable endings</a> in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxioaUd2hbc">videogame history</a>.
After D2, Eno left the industry for a decade, focusing instead on music. 2008 marked his return to the industry in <a href="http://www.newtonica.net/">a collaboration</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Nishi">Kenichi Nishi</a> (<em>Incredible Crisis, Chibi-Robo</em>).
Apart from his work in games, Eno was an accomplished musician in his own right, composing the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Yp-GwCqZM">hauntingly original</a> scores for D and D2 along with several other games. Eno also produced music outside games, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVnfB6JS3_c">collaborating with The Cinematic Orchestra</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ma0Ka_pZQ">beautifully covering</a> Sakamoto. Musically, his typical style is<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWWTA0iNbjg"> electronica influenced</a> minamalist classical.
<a href="http://gamasutra.com/view/news/187066/Obituary_D_designer_and_composer_Kenji_Eno.php#.US1TflfYGSp">He died of heart failure on February 20, 2013</a>.
<a href="http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3169166">Japan's Wayward Son</a>, the 2011 1Up interview (Eno's first in over a decade) is well worth reading in its entirety. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125398Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:30:57 -0800byanyothernameAnother Day, Another Press Conference Without Womenhttp://www.metafilter.com/125239/Another%2DDay%2DAnother%2DPress%2DConference%2DWithout%2DWomen
<a href="http://www.your-critic.com/2013/02/another-day-another-press-conference.html">Another Day, Another Press Conference.</a> Yesterday's Playstation 4 announcement was perhaps most notable in what it didn't include: any female presenters. Also discussed by <a href="http://kotaku.com/5985822/why-were-there-no-women-presenters-at-the-playstation-4-event">Kotaku</a> and <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/21/4013500/no-women-onstage-at-Sony-PS4-event-game-industry-feminism">The Verge</a>. (The Verge also notes similar trends in press events from Nintendo, EA, HTC, and Apple.) tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125239Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:07:22 -0800kmzThe Roadmap to Saving the Sounds of America, Though the Road is Bumpyhttp://www.metafilter.com/125025/The%2DRoadmap%2Dto%2DSaving%2Dthe%2DSounds%2Dof%2DAmerica%2DThough%2Dthe%2DRoad%2Dis%2DBumpy
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-about.html">The National Recording Preservation Board was mandated</a> by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, but it didn't have a preservation plan in place to address saving everything from the oldest <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/121270/Heavy-Metal-Music">tin foil recordings (prev)</a> to recent "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born-digital">born digital</a>" creations. That changed with the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-014.html">National Recording Preservation Plan</a> (<a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/PLAN%20pdf.pdf">full 89 page PDF</a>). Except, "<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/02/13/171916723/saving-the-sounds-of-america">t<em></em>he recording preservation provisions under current law are so restrictive</a> you literally can't make — legally — a digital copy of an older analog recording without permissions which are very hard to get" (NPR). In 2011, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-087.html">Sony Music Entertainment teamed up with the Library of Congress</a> to get over 10,000 rare historic sound recordings streaming online (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/103344/Music-to-my-ears">National Jukebox, previously</a>), so there is some hope for old audio to get heard by a wider audience than archival librarians and researchers.
The Library of Congress archival efforts take place in the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/">Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation</a>, in <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=19053+Mount+Pony+Road+Culpeper,+VA+22701&hl=en&sll=34.166233,-106.026069&sspn=13.055669,21.467285&t=h&gl=us&hnear=19053+Mt+Pony+Rd,+Culpeper,+Virginia+22701&z=16">Culpeper, VA</a> (Google maps). If you're in that area, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/theater/schedule.html">there are periodic screenings</a>. If you'd like to know more, <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/76605-library-of-congress-preserves-a-treasure-trove">here's a 6:38 long audio-only piece on the Packard Campus</a>, or a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcFm97LNAus">13:51 long audio-visual look at the campus</a> (YT). tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125025Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:49:47 -0800filthy light thiefSandpaper not includedhttp://www.metafilter.com/121192/Sandpaper%2Dnot%2Dincluded
Today saw Apple has enter the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57537541-243/ipad-mini-vs-google-nexus-7-vs-amazon-kindle-fire-hd/">competitive 7" tablet market</a> with the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/apple-ipad-mini-hands-on-video/">iPad Mini</a>. But what if your tablety desires run to something larger, not smaller? Sony has you covered with a <a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/sony-announces-20-inch-11-pound-vaio-tablet-pc-with-windows-8-20121011/">20-inch, 11-pound "tabletop PC"</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121192Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:31:23 -0800ArtwShadow of the Busthttp://www.metafilter.com/119187/Shadow%2Dof%2Dthe%2DBust
Sony is <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/08/wipeout-developer-studio-liverpool-closed-after-28-year-run/">closing its Liverpool Studio</a>, previously known as <a href="http://www.psygnosis.org/">Psygnosis</a>, developer of the <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-sources-sony-liverpool-was-working-on-wipeout-ps4-and-a-splinter-cell-style-game-for-ps4">WipeEout</a> and Lemmings games (<a href="http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/">DHTML version</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/64148/The-Complete-History-of-Lemmings">previously</a>). The studio created games for 28 years, first gaining attention in the Amiga era for it's high production values and <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/435">stunning box art</a> (<a href="http://kotaku.com/5603933/the-most-awesome-box-art-in-the-world/">more</a>, <a href="http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?17260-My-Psygnosis-Psyclapse-Amiga-Collection">more</a> ). tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.119187Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:27:32 -0800ArtwMy First Prototype Posthttp://www.metafilter.com/118488/My%2DFirst%2DPrototype%2DPost
Prototypes are usually the missing links in the evolution of human technology, the dead-ends of ideas that give way to the refinement of the final physical product. Prototypes aren't just for <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Advanced_x1">Darth Vader</a>. While the legal back and forth between Apple and Samsung continues, a <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120729/court-case-offers-rare-glimpse-at-dozen-of-iphone-and-ipad-prototype-designs/">treasure trove</a> of <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3190849/court-documents-reveal-multiple-ipad-iphone-prototypes-kickstand">prototype</a> <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old">designs</a> for Apple devices has been released to the public, showing insights into various design approaches and feature enhancements, including <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3191999/apple-ipad-prototype-pictures#3597846">larger form-factor</a> iPads <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3191999/apple-ipad-prototype-pictures#3597852">with</a> and without <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3191999/apple-ipad-prototype-pictures#3597871">kickstands</a> and <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3191999/apple-ipad-prototype-pictures#3597906">landscape ports</a> and iPhones that <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189297/sony-inspired-iphone-design-images#3597459">parody the Sony logo</a>, show a different layout for <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189297/sony-inspired-iphone-design-images#3597463">camera elements</a>, and look remarkably like <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/3201162/apple-refutes-claim-they-cribbed-notes-from-sony-reveal-prototype">fourth-generation models</a>, as far back as 2005. On the other hand, some have made prototypes into the end goal itself, such as the folks at <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com">Dangerous Prototypes</a>, a site which features a new open-source electronic hardware <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Main_Page">project</a> each month. Some are just <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/08/01/avr-based-usb-website-hit-counter/">gratuitous fun</a>, while others are a bit more practical, such as one project that <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Nokia_color_LCD_backpack">recycles old Nokia displays</a> and another that provides access to <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/USB_Infrared_Toy">infrared signal</a>, useful for hacking together remote controls for all sorts of IR-based devices. Other prototypes of <a href="http://itechfuture.com">tomorrow's technology</a> are less concerned with shrinking down the guts of the invention itself, to make it disappear, but rather on <a href="http://itechfuture.com/exotic-iphone-bracelet-and-signet/">how</a> we <a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/08/01/order-by-smell/">interact</a> with and <a href="http://itechfuture.com/flym-concept-acoustics-thickness-of-1-millimeter/">integrate</a> physical representations of these ideas into our daily lives. Above all else, prototypes are always forward-looking and are therefore inherently optimistic expressions of human creativity: Even <a href="http://www.crackingideas.com">children</a> are getting into imagining the world of tomorrow. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.118488Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:03:50 -0800Blazecock Pileon